Bathroom size: how to choose the best option?

Although the bathroom is not the living room of your apartment, still its size plays a significant role in the convenience of its use. In addition to the personal comfort of using this space, there are also norms of SNiP, which the bathroom must comply with. Each bathroom has a certain minimum in size, it is fixed by special rules and affects the ergonomic use of this room, since each bathroom must contain all the necessary amount of equipment and furniture.

Before planning the bathroom, you need to consider how communication and plumbing appliances will be placed.

The main parameters of the bathroom in homes, offices or in the apartment:

• If the bathroom is located in the attic room, then regardless of the area it is necessary to adhere to the distance from the sloping surface of the roof to the toilet bowl should be not less than 1, 05 m.
• The exit from the restroom should not be located in the living or kitchen area, but should only be in the corridor or hallway.
• Doors should only open outwards.
• The ceiling height of the room, located before the entrance to the toilet, must be at least 2.1 m.

Standard dimensions of the bathroom:

• width must be at least 0.8 m;
• length - not less than 1.2 m;
• Height required at least 2.4 m.

There are types of toilets that can be accessed by people with disabilities.

Disabled bathroom standards:

• width should be more than 1.6 m;
• length - not less than 2 m;
• when combined, the room should have special handrails for the baths;
• doors must open outwards.

All plumbing need to choose the most compact. It is easy, for example, many modern toilets are partially embedded in the wall.

The shell should be chosen small and drop-shaped. Instead of a bath, you can install a shower cabin, which takes up much less space. The space under the drop-shaped sink should be used to the maximum, in an empty space you can place shelves, a laundry basket or a washing machine. Do not forget about the visual expansion of space. To do this, the bathroom should be equipped with mirrors, glossy and light tiles, as well as good lighting.

The bathroom can be of different types: combined (the bathroom and the toilet are in the same room) or separate.

Typical bathrooms can be of a minimum size of about 150 x 80 cm in homes with old layouts and 100 x 150 cm in prefabricated homes with improved layouts. The size of a separate bathroom should be from 165 x 120 cm.

Bathrooms, in which there are both bath and toilet, also have a certain minimum in size. The size of this type of toilet should be 200 x 170 cm. With such an area it will not be possible to place some kind of overall bath, however, in this case the installation of a shower cabin is optimal.

Basically, such a minimum size is provided in the “Khrushchev”, in the houses of the new layout, this room stands out from 5 square meters. m. Optimal in terms of ergonomics and convenience, the option would be a combined bathroom of 8 square meters. m and more. Under these conditions, there is complete freedom in placement and planning.

There are also certain standards for placement in the toilet of plumbers, all necessary distances must be maintained.

SNiP provides such regulations to the location:

• Before each sink a minimum distance of at least 70 cm to other sanitary appliances is required.
• Before each toilet free space - from 60 cm.
• On both sides of the toilet bowl - from 25 cm.
• Before the shower or bath should be an empty space of at least 70 cm.
• The bidet should be positioned at least 25 cm from the toilet bowl.

For each optimal size of the bathroom can be completely different, but the most important thing is to find a middle ground. Because a small room for such a large collection of plumbing, appliances and various household appliances will not fit and will not correspond to ergonomics, but spending a huge amount of square meters on the restroom is also not a very good decision. In order to find this necessary middle you need to take into account absolutely all factors and features.

For the shower will need an area of ​​about 2-2.5 square meters. m, for the bath - 2.5 –3.5 square meters. m, for the sink you need about a meter, for the toilet - 1.2-1.8 square meters. It turns out that for an ordinary family of 4–5 people, the optimal size of the bathroom is about 8 "squares".

Should be considered:

• There are different models of toilet bowls on average 40 x 65 cm.
• The average size of the baths is 80 x 160 cm. Angular baths are usually about 150 x 150 cm. The average height of the baths is about 50 cm, the height of the bath with legs is 64 cm.
• Shower cabins are completely diverse, but the main dimensions are 80 x 80 cm, 90 x 90 cm, 100 x 100 cm.
• The heated towel rail should be located 70–80 cm from the bath.
• The optimal size of the bidet is 40 x 60 cm.
• The optimal size of a washbasin is about 50–60 cm wide.

It is also necessary to take into account all the features of the optimal dimensions of bathrooms for people with disabilities. Dimensions are based on wheelchair dimensions. The minimum size of the bathroom must be at least 230 square meters. cm, toilet about 150 square meters. cm. Thus, the width of the toilet should be 1.65 square meters. m, length - 1.8 square meters. m

The maximum size of the bathroom is not, therefore, in case of legal redevelopment, you can choose a toilet in the size of 7, and 8, and 9 square meters. m

Planning your own bathroom is very important, because you need to adjust everything for your own convenience.Redevelopment should be done only with the help of specialists, otherwise changing the layout with your own hands threatens to disrupt the structure of the house and further problems with the walls. The option of the collapse of the wall is not excluded, therefore such redevelopment is illegal and unsafe.

At the beginning of planning, it is necessary to take into account all factors in advance, because in the future plumbing and communication may not get into. Next, you need to consider all the options for finishing and placement. Then you need to choose a suitable option for you from among the possible.

Depending on the particular use of the room, it is necessary to choose a combination or separate rooms you need. With such dimensions of the bathroom, it is better to use a combined bathroom and toilet, since the partition wall takes up space, which, therefore, is small. Here you need to use compact plumbing, corner bath or shower, partially built into the wall toilet.

The washing machine should be placed near the entrance or under the sink. The bathroom should not be cluttered with unnecessary fixtures.In such a room is better to have a medium-sized mirror, so that the room seemed larger.

Such a room is already considered spacious, so all the plumbing and a washing machine can be placed against the walls at will. In such a room, it is desirable to install a hood, as steam can accumulate in such a room.

The bath should be placed in the far corner, shielding it with a splash shield, this will add a bit of privacy. In the next corner should be placed small lockers for household supplies. The washing machine can be placed near the entrance and cabinets.

This bathroom is very spacious, so you can "create" and create all conditions for rest and life. Here you can install both a bath and a shower. In the first case, the font should be fenced off with a translucent screen so that several family members can use the bathroom at the same time.

In such a toilet you can install two sinks and a bidet. The washing machine is also better placed in a niche, next to it you can arrange a laundry dryer.All free space is used for various useful lockers.

The bathroom is a very important room for each apartment, house or public place. Since the size of this room can be varied, it is necessary to choose the right finishes and use all square meters to the maximum. If necessary, a small bathroom can be redeveloped, but this should be done under the supervision of professionals. Also, do not forget that with any decoration of the toilet you need to adhere to all norms of building regulations.

It is very important to choose a bathroom according to taste, so that you can use it with the full benefit and the possibility of a good rest. If you use the above recommendations, it will be very easy to do.

On how to plan a bathroom, see the video below.